Shout out to Thomas Lockley, our resident Japan expert, and Manuel Rubio who has been editing the videos on the channel over the past year. This is their magnum opus - huge thanks to both.

@AverageAmerican

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Personally, I suspect the common people of Japan are the Tribe of Gad. If this is true, the reason they don't practice circumcision at birth is bcuz the majority are born circumcised. mhmm

@davidcurry6422

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙇‍♂️

@kalaoaflowerpower

Жыл бұрын

would love to say excellent job but japans recognition as a nation was given via Hawaii. why was this fact left out?

@AverageAmerican

Жыл бұрын

@@kalaoaflowerpower hmm We're told by the time WW2 started, Japan had taken over about half of China.

@KingNoTail

Жыл бұрын

​@@kalaoaflowerpower What?

Its crazy how much ancient history the Japanese put into the Zelda games. The Tri force is an ancient symbol i had no idea.

@koukidenhikaitu4990

6 ай бұрын

Seriously, to explain, the three deltas of the Hojo family crest are based on three snake scales.

@Val.Kyrie.

2 ай бұрын

@@koukidenhikaitu4990that’s a retcon, he’s actually Link 😁

@solodragun

18 күн бұрын

Also Norse. Look up valknut.

@user-uj7in8il2i

8 күн бұрын

Stretch ​@@solodragun

This documentary is breathtaking, fascinating to the end and produced to the highest quality. Also the narration is flawlessly read.

@TommyTCGT

Жыл бұрын

But only goes back a little, not the actual 12 billion years! moc.ylfyeht, written in reverse.

@YoshiieMinamoto1039

Жыл бұрын

Foreigners who talk about Japanese history want to persist Tokyo and Kyoto, while don't mention Osaka at all. Osaka is the first capital to be called Japan, and even now Japan's natural leading city, despite a large amount of capital stolen by Tokyo. Edo is just newly artifical city. Those who enumerate about Prince Shotoku, Yukichi Fukuzawa, and Osamu Tezuka don't definitely want to refer to Osaka their hometown. This is plots of Tokyo hype.

@jclohio3333

Жыл бұрын

Here Here, we’ll done I agree ☝️

@rogarizurieta7641

11 ай бұрын

The only thing is that “Ancient” literally represent Before Common Era or B.C… thus Japan was never “ancient” as the chronicle starts around 700 A.D., it’s like stating “ancient” England (as England is also not “ancient”) It would refer to an entirely different culture. So there is/are: Ancient Rome Ancient China Ancient Egypt but not Ancient Japan or Ancient England

@eagleclaw7093

10 ай бұрын

@@rogarizurieta7641 that's because the videos wrong. do your own research and people have been there since long before the common era.

Who here’s been watching Shogun?

@shrekspaghet

Ай бұрын

Here for more content 🙋‍♀️

@Vampster19CockedD20

27 күн бұрын

Nope... Blue eye samurai on Netflix.

@Carlezuss

27 күн бұрын

I just started it and it’s so good

@NOTTIBOPPINtwitch

27 күн бұрын

Watch the first shogun it’s super old

@deltonmcclary7341

26 күн бұрын

Um yes, so artistic, the visuals, the action, the story!! 😍

This was such a treat. It’s surprisingly hard to find good and informational content about ancient Japan, so seeing this in my recommendations was a very welcome surprise!

@circumnavigator8177

10 ай бұрын

Try the Shogunate. Great stuff, lots of medieval era history

@TechnoMinarchistBall

5 ай бұрын

​@@circumnavigator8177I'd argue that medieval is not ancient. Ancient is anything pre AD.

@lambd01d

Ай бұрын

A History of the Japanese People is available for free on Project Gutenberg. It goes from the mythical descent from the Kami up to the modern era. It's a great book.

The title of "barbarian nation" was given by default by the Chinese to all other nations. Every nation outside of China had a specific "barbarian" term to be referred to that varied according to the location, hence, the Japanese belonged to the category of "eastern barbarians" ("dong-yi" 東夷).

@jacku8304

Жыл бұрын

China was than the most develop in this part of the world.

@brucehur2051

Жыл бұрын

japan is evil country no asian neighbors like japan !

@PP-wp2bx

Жыл бұрын

From the other Asians' perspectives, Chinese were also a barbarian who would constantly try to steal and attack them.

@PP-wp2bx

Жыл бұрын

​@@jacku8304 ....says Chinese, but not others

@jacku8304

Жыл бұрын

@@PP-wp2bx It can be easily proven. Visit most American or European museums and you find the most advance historic artifacts during that period were mainly from China.

I think I just learned more about ancient Japan from this one video than I did during an entire semester class in far East studies. And plenty of reminders. Thanks for posting!

@anasevi9456

Жыл бұрын

He actually covered the first millennia CE comprehensively for a grand history video, rather than mostly glossing over it as most other English sources do. In many ways I find Japan's formulative years more interesting than the last 500 years, it started from the mythic rise of the Yamato, and ends in the 900s with a Japan we westerners would find familiar, with rebel Samurai, warrior monks and saucy pillow books.

@xKinjax

Жыл бұрын

​@@anasevi9456 same here. I find the Ainu and Emishi fascinating, same for the early Japanese diplomatic missions. I wish there were more in depth videos on this earlier period but everyone mostly focuses on the Sengoku Jidai, Imjin War and the Bakumatsu...

@bobbiemiles-foremaniii8747

Жыл бұрын

Universities are becoming obsolete in alot of subjects.

@Enkaptaton

Жыл бұрын

I felt that I just learned about much war stuff and nothing else. Ok they had Queens also, but what else? Culture? I learned nothing about it!

@Fozen5111

10 ай бұрын

You need to learn more about acient malaysia too

Btw, Hojo Tokimune is from the Hojo clan not the Tokimune house. Unlike western names, Korean and Japanese surnames are said first and then their personal name afterwards. You honor your clan and family before yourself, so his formal name is Hojo Tokimune, but when referring to Tokimune himself or if a casual friend calls his name you say Tokimune. Takeda Shingen's son was still named Takeda Katsuyori.

@sara.cbc92

8 ай бұрын

The placement of surname is a Chinese tradition that was imitated by the Koreans and Japanese. Infact, Koreans had no surnames like most uncivilized Tungus tribes at the time. They adopted Han Chinese surnames like Lee, Hwang, Jung Yuen etc.

@solgarling-squire7531

8 ай бұрын

Clearly, the writing staff were not aware of the Japanese language or they would have caught that and the other pronunciation flaws. Japanese has no emphasis on syllables (with a very few and rare exceptions), but those were given to placenames and personal names.

@michaelfritts6249

6 ай бұрын

​@@solgarling-squire7531I know it's a small peeve.. but still not sure how a non-existent "y" appeared in the word Karaoke.. Not using phonetics.. "Carry oh key" wrong "Care OK" closer Not stressing syllables is unfamiliar.. but we could at least change the spelling to fit if changing the pronunciation.. Muenchen Munich Minor rant over.. 😉 Be Well!! 😃

@sadboye2019

4 ай бұрын

@@solgarling-squire7531 plus they spelled a few names wrong and didn't use Hepburn romanisation properly

@akira1205

Ай бұрын

@@michaelfritts6249 It's not "Care" either. It's Kah Ra O Keh

I thoroughly enjoy watching your 'Entire History of...' videos, finding them incredibly fascinating and engaging. The format you employ is easy to follow, maintaining a great pace throughout. Your voice is well-suited for this type of content. While I understand that you'll probably never see my comment , I would personally love to see future installments exploring the captivating histories of Rome or Ireland. Both of these places have long intrigued me, and I believe your insightful approach would make for an exceptional exploration of their stories.

Damn, I resisted the temptation to spend my Sunday afternoon playing video games, in favour of reading a book I'm supposed to return to the library soon. But then Kings and Generals uploaded a video about Circassians and now you dropped this fascinating and awesome documentary. I guess that's a nice problem to have.

@jacavanheesch4593

Жыл бұрын

i watched both of these as well dont worry. tho im sick and not supposed to do anything so i have a excuse

@gbautista100

Жыл бұрын

Literally just finished the Kings and Generals video

@anakawilliams6357

Жыл бұрын

I too also enjoy kings n genrals

@traitorfang1416

Жыл бұрын

haha just watched that myself and now jumped onto this. Grerat minds think alike.

@OneSocaJumbie

Жыл бұрын

I just got my PS5, played Returnal all of yesterday, was to get back to it today but spent lunch watching this lovely piece of history, so I'm with you in that boat haha (and the Circassian piece was epic but ultimately so so so sad)

As a history enthusiast, I'm thoroughly impressed. This video covers so much ground and does so in a way that's both comprehensive and enjoyable. A must-watch for anyone interested in the history of Japan.

This piece was incredibly put together, as always. Thank you for creating it!

Thank you, You're the most underrated channel on KZread. The documentaries you've produced are better than anything available in mainstream media. Especially like the Japanese documentaries.

@shakiMiki

Жыл бұрын

What on earth does that mean? He has 700k subscribers.

@mattjohnson7198

Жыл бұрын

​@Belette holt fente I think it means that while some channels have multiple millions of subscribers for doing makeup videos or discussing celebrity gossip, this channel gives well delivered, knowledgeable, and aesthetically pleasing documentaries and has about a tenth the number of subscribers that it probably should given the value of its content. At least that's my interpretation.

@mirzaahmed6589

Жыл бұрын

@@shakiMiki That's not a lot in KZread terms.

@mirzaahmed6589

Жыл бұрын

@@shakiMiki Also, he means the quality is better than anything on, say, the History Channel.

@Metal0sopher

Жыл бұрын

I just wish he would put dates. It's not history without dates. He keeps jumping from one period to another, one ruler to another and no dates. I don't want to constantly stop the video and Google the dates myself. I'm so frustrated with these excellent KZread historians who are great at story telling, but completely ruin the actual "history". Please, dates, dates, dates, dates.

Apparently there's no actual archeological evidence of servants being buried with Himiko. The idea that there were came from Chinese documents that saw the burial mounds that looked just like the ones used in China where they did do this so they probably assumed it was the same. But archeologists who have searched the ones in Japan have found no evidence of this being done in Japan. However, Himiko's mound has never been found so it's possible that it was done just this once since she was so important, or the Chinese documents just made an assumption. This is what I learned in university anyway.

@idee7896

3 ай бұрын

Totally sure worth you. There’s a lack of evidence.

Incredible content as always. Spectacular storytelling.

Just really love your works on YT. Love your accent and your voice guiding us through the attractive history story. Can you make more videos about Chinese history from different dynasties? And your updates on YT have been a bit slow, can you churn out more videos it’s because I cannot get enough of you voice telling historic stories.😊 love the great work you have done, keep it up bro!

Perfect for me to listen to as I do mindless spreadsheet work thank you

17:02 If you ask 100 Japanese people about what we call "Shinto", 99 of them will probably argue that it is not a "religion" but a "belief system" or simply "culture".

@Val.Kyrie.

2 ай бұрын

It is now. Historically, no. It’s a religion. Similar to the Norse.

Informative, interesting and the narrator didn’t put me to sleep! Thanks for the great video! Japan has always been an interesting culture to me so to find a this kinda format video that gives a good amount of knowledge is refreshing.

Thoroughly enjoyed your video. Great story-telling, words so well written.

Thanks for this video! really appreciate your hard work that you gave into this masterpiece.

incredible video and history! i hope you make more videos like these for other countries

Excellent, spellbinding documentary. So well written and narrated, with top notch visuals too. Five plus stars.

Absolutely fascinating. beautifully made video thank you !

Never stop being a history weeb, man

This was amazing! Thanks for all of your hard work!

Thank you so very much for this film...a breathtaking example of storytelling, of an incredibly interesting history. So beautiful.

Wish this was available years ago when i was still at University. Our group was assigned a brief summary about Japanese Mythology and when we were studying Japan's History and Literature, there wasn't many reliabile resources i could find within local libraries and i don't know much about their languages either. Thank you so much for this, its definitely something we all need to learn and understand 💜

@BanjoSick

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, now that there is Chat GPT as well, which translates and summarizes stuff for you. Just great times to be alive, even though basically unnecessary for us to exist.

@Thor-Orion

9 ай бұрын

@@BanjoSickChat GPT is garbage.

@yokoniyasuwa

7 ай бұрын

@@BanjoSickchat gpt isn’t always reliable

@melvinjefferson2812

7 ай бұрын

The world was genetically maped in the 90s by all the nations and the major universities in America the man's y chromosome tells who whare and when you were created by and was tracked back in time the first white mutation was the Japanese DNA don't lie people do

@melvinjefferson2812

7 ай бұрын

Notice the painted the faces white those were Hebrews from America the serpent people naggas Anunnaki danasovians dananoi druids Germans Greeks danavas educate yourself

Man this is great. I have just started learning about Japans history as well. Thank you!

Thank you so much for this. This was such a beautiful watch. What a well made documentary. This deserves a spot on streaming services.

Massive respect to the narrator, David Kelly. Heard him on the "History of the Universe" channel first.

I LOVE JOMON POTTERY which vessels are the oldest in the world! And Dogū are also well designed. There are still some ancient tombs in Japan where excavation is prohibited. It's a mystery. And, actually, the latest research shows that rice cultivation began in the Jomon period.

beautifully told story , loved the way this documentary has been created .. Keep up the good work guys ..

Gob smacking treat! Saturated with information and storytelling beautiful work! 🎉

Thank you so much, this is a wonderful and engaging presentation. I especially appreciate how you're able to convey emotion within your narrative.

EXTREMELY interesting! and well presented and nice narration .

The music of this documentary is emotional. The narration is amazing! Excellent!

Watched the whole video, and it's amazing! Expertly done with artisanal quality. The typical quality of KZread content is below this production. Very impressive!

Thank you Thomas, Manuel and Voice of the Past for this amazing and inspiring piece of work. I truly appreciate this and I’m sure this video will garner more views. It’s with such channels like yours, such wonderful collaboration like yours, such high quality content like yours, will this channel continue to grow in confidence. Blessings!

@shaynewheeler9249

10 ай бұрын

Rainbow 🌈🌈✨🌈🌈

This is the most beautiful documentary on Ancient Japan. Keep it up 👍

Beautifully told, I am enjoying it thoroughly. Beautiful images, tip-top documentary!

I loved this video. One thing I wanted to point out though, Ninigi-no-Mikoto's father was not Susanoo, it was Ame-no-Oshihomimi who was the son of Amaterasu. Susanoo on the other hand was Amaterasu's younger brother.

This is the best presentation in any documentary I've seen. Did not lose focus once; the narration and music are both fantastic and pull you into the story. Speaking of which, can anyone tell me what is the music 14:00 onwards? Thanks again for uploading such quality content.

LET'S GOOOO!! I've been hoping you'd make one about Japan :D

Thanks for this! I love learning about cultures and their history.

Great work. I really enjoyed watching this.

Love these videos. This channel along with History Time and history of the universe always put out amazing high production videos. Huge fan of the long format channels like this get me through 10 hr work days.

This is pure gold. BIG thank you to the whole team behind this project!

How is it possible this masterpiece is not on #1 trending? Truly astonishing. Even surpassed the quality level of K&G. Thank you for this absolute gem!

@theCosmicQueen

Жыл бұрын

well it's only been on here 5 days, that's why! 395,000 views and nearly 10,000 thumbs up! what are you moaning about! give it time!

@maythesciencebewithyou

Жыл бұрын

Have you ever seen a 1+ hour documentary trending. Most people aren't interested in this kind of stuff.

@babaG819

Жыл бұрын

Algorithm

@maythesciencebewithyou

Жыл бұрын

@@babaG819 has nothing to do with algorithm. This just isn't the kind of stuff most people are interested about. Also, the algorithm makes suggestions based on the stuff you clicked before, be it consciously or accidentally, plus some stuff which gets promoted because they pay youtube to promote it.

@babaG819

Жыл бұрын

@@maythesciencebewithyou commenting to boost algorithm

This narration is amazing. Thanks for covering and underlook yet fascinating period in history.

I watch everything I can find on the history of Japan. This historical account was so well put ❤ together. Your actor/ narrator did an amazing job, well paced, well understood and you bring the audience right into the time and culture of Japan. Koodos to you sir! Thank you.😊 56:38

Thank you for your beautiful and superb videos. I look forward to whenever you guys upload. Cheers! 💕

Your presentations are works of art.

WOW, this was beautifully crafted, thank you so much! ❤

Gorgeous visuals and excellent soundtrack, just a wonderful experience in a video

Excellent documentary, we are looking forward to the second part and take your time to create it. You should also do one on the Spanish conquest of America.

Sublime. What a stunning piece of work. You truly deserve more recognition. You have the perfect voice for narrative storytelling. What a gift ❤

@methods3110

10 ай бұрын

Proper upper class British accent.

@A-S-T-R-A-L.

10 ай бұрын

@@methods3110 It’s not just the accent it’s his tone, annunciation and cadence. Very soothing

IM SO IMPRESSED AT THE UNBELIEVABLE QUALITY OF THIS VIDEO. THE AMAZINGLY WRITTEN STORY AND THE INCREDIBLE WAY IT WAS PRESENTED. THIS WAS OF A QUALITY TO MATCH A PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENTARY. IM BLOWN AWAY BY JUST HOW AWESOME YOUR VIDEOS ARE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SUCH A WONDERFULLY CRAFTED VIDEO. YOUR VIDEOS ARE LITERALLY THE ABSOLUTE BEST IVE EVER SEEN FROM A KZread CREATOR. ❤❤❤❤

I enjoyed this immensely 💯 ... Really well done & so very interesting as well ... Thank you so very much for making this video 🙏...

The building up in the introduction was an amazing narrative storytelling feat. That was a very instructive and entertaining video!

The second time through, this is amazing. Great work, and thank you for this historical gem

To sum up so much history into such a neat and concise package, without sacrificing too much detail and character is really quite amazing. But I found a small error at 30:50, 36:30 and 37:30. Nagaoka-kyō was in the Kinai region (like almost all of the imperial capitals) and has little to do with Nagaoka city in modern-day Niigata Prefecture.

@brianmessemer2973

Жыл бұрын

Yes exactly, the Nagaoka that exists now would have been in Echigo province (Niigata prefecture), on the wild northern borders of the time and not a place where Yamato had established themselves.

@indiangum4691

Жыл бұрын

He also gives credit to bodhisena for koto music lol if that's what he brought to Japan then why doesn't it exist in Tamil culture 😂

@realityisenough

7 ай бұрын

it fell out of usage over the ensuing 1500 years@@indiangum4691

This was absolutely enthralling from start to finish, well done to all involved! 😊

This was beautifully done in every aspect! I am grateful to all who put it together and presented it, and look forward to viewing whatever else Voices of the Past has to offer. Thank you!

magnificent narration!

Loved this...thank you❤❤

Omg, putting studio produced tv and movie documentaries to shame with this. The production value is excellent

Amazing quality, poetic even. Well done sir and nicely said. Concise and also well designed 💯

What a beautifully read history. Thank you to all who put this documentary together!

Dude, this channel seriously rules. So many videos to go through and I'm so excited to do as such. Thank your entire team for all your efforts :)

Amazing narration! I only wonder how you've missed opportunity to mention that these two storms that sunk Mongol fleet were referred later in literature as the "divine wind", 神風, kamikaze.

@user-lk3ju9pf3q

7 ай бұрын

The two storms were nevertheless two atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in our civilization and seems to be conformists with.😂😂😂

I love this channel I sure hope this channel is blessed with more subscribes.

This was beautiful. Thank you 🙏

Very high quality documentary. Japan is so fascinating

This is amazing and a more indepth look into "history of japan i guess" , what a wonderful combination of videos to show people.

What a documentary! Amazing narration! How detailed!

absolutely incredible work. This video is a journey of the mind and soul

The first time I watched and I followed until now ❤❤❤❤ Voices always have a Impression on me ❤❤❤❤❤

Very well researched!

Thank you. Very enjoyable watch.

Excellent work all around!

I hope there is a part 2 of this showcasing the Muromachi period up to the Sengoku era. A very well produced video. Thank you for this content.

History major here! I studied Empire, and rhe ways that empires perform Othering to maintain legitimacy. Studied many Empires, but came to love japanese history the most. Wrote many extensive papers about Ainu peoples interaction with Yamato and/or Yayoi peoples. Thanks for performing this in such a beautiful prose. It's generally information I knew, but presented in such a beautiful way that it still taught me perspective and richness to a history I feel I know as my own.

@WAdelstein

Жыл бұрын

Realizing the sensitivity of intellectual property can your papers be found on line?

@brianmessemer2973

Жыл бұрын

That's right. Even if the viewer already knew the facts or the information, it was the stunningly beautiful and compelling presentation of that information in a single narrative that really impacted me deeply. What a moving work!

Such a fantastic documentary, thank!

Subbed within 30 seconds. This is exactly the type of KZread channel i want more of. Thank you!

I maintain a private playlist of historical videos from various channels, and this one will be the twenty-third addition. Exceptionally well done.

Excellent! What more can I say? If History was taught like this in schools, it would be the most popular subject bar none. Please keep up the good work! Many Thanks. Be well and prosper!

@MrBarnettcm

5 ай бұрын

Nah

@datman3416

Ай бұрын

I mean it typically is taught this way but when we are young we could care less about this stuff

Thank you. You've done more in one hour to explain/narrate the history of Japan for me, the country, culture and history than 10 years of ineffectual, half hearted study has done! Also, plenty of jumping off points for further study. Really, an excellent piece

thanx for the share. big ups u guys!

Unfortunately, there is a big mistake in the story. The Nagaoka-kyo palace was not built in today's Nagaoka city in Niigata prefecture. Instead, Nagaoka-kyo palace was built in Nagaoka-kyo city in Kyoto prefecture, the location is between Nara (Heijyo-kyo) and Kyoto (Heian-kyo).

@mudemmeonick

28 күн бұрын

This is a poor video foreigners take as truth. It's full of errors sadly.

@PlaylistProleteriat

21 күн бұрын

​@@mudemmeonickthem make a better one rather than criticize without detailed counterpoints

@chadmelonite9999

18 күн бұрын

Good catch. I didn't watch the video carefully. Is Nagaoka only shown on the map, or is it mentioned in the narration as well? If it's only on the map, maybe the creators can add an annotation without having to upload a new video. Although, in my opinion, that is a pretty serious mistake. If it were me, I would fix it properly and re-upload.

I was just ar Todai Ji for the first time last month! It's amazing. The Buddha is massive and the temple grounds are beautiful.

Excellent presentation!

Wow really enjoyed this documentary thank you

Discovered this channel a few months ago and i cannot stress enough how much i love it. Being able to dial into the past from my bed and see the world way before us is such a treasure

46:10 I love that "cunning plan" of declaring victory in spite of losing. I don't know if this is the first instance of that humorous phenomenon, but it certainly wasn't the last.

Simply amazing!!

Whenever I am browsing youtube and looking for a good doc, if hear David Kelly's voice, I know I'm in for a riveting hour or more of some serious history. Keep up the great work, guys!

Nice, understated use of "Senbonzakura" as background music in the section on the shōgun (1184). Good, solid narration, even when struggling with the pronunciation of Japanese names.

@robinshorten8083

Жыл бұрын

I am going to hurt you real bad, peeeter You're going to pay BIGTIME😮

Voices of the Past channel as got to be one of the most underrated... I find these videos fascinating and extremely well done. Very immersive! Great work!

Beautiful story boards,and fascinating history!